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Tourism in peripheral areas : case studies / edited by Frances Brown and Derek Hall.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Aspects of Tourism
- Aspects of tourism ; 2
- Aspects of Tourism ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural development--Europe--Case studies.
- Rural development.
- Tourism--Europe--Case studies.
- Tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clevedon, UK ; Tonawanda, NY : Channel View Publications, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There has been little research on tourism in those European countries or regions which lie outside the continent's main centres of production and population, even though tourism may be one of the few economic options open to them. This volume aims to fill a gap by presenting a range of case studies - including northern Sweden, the Orkneys, the tip of Norway and northern Cyprus - on tourism in the peripheral areas of Europe. Taking as a leitmotiv the paradoxes inherent in developing places whose very attraction may lie in their lack of development, the case studies investigate and illustrate bo
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Paradox of Peripherality; Chapter 1 Perceptions from the Periphery: The Experience of Wales; Chapter 2 PACE: Guiding Rural Tourism Development in a Fragile Area; Chapter 3 Peripheries, Artificial Peripheries and Centres; Chapter 4 Tourist Perceptions of the Ultimate European Periphery; Chapter 5 Farm Accommodation and Agricultural Heritage in Orkney; Chapter 6 The Fall and Rise of Peripherality: Tourism and Restructuring on Bute; Chapter 7 The Evolution of Tourism in the Tärna Mountains: Arena and Actors in a Periphery
- Chapter 8 Tourism's Role in New Rural Policy for Peripheral Areas: The Case of ArjeplogIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610628056
- 9781845413965
- 1845413962
- 9781280628054
- 1280628057
- 9781873150740
- 1873150741
- OCLC:
- 824554963
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